Police say Hingham woman let teens drink at graduation party

HINGHAM - Police are seeking charges against a Hingham woman who they say allowed teenagers to drink beer at a graduation party she hosted.

Police applied for a criminal complaint Tuesday against Marybeth Cicero, 60, of 4 Old Country Road, Hingham, for one count of keeping a disorderly house and five counts of providing alcohol to minors, a violation of what's known as the “social host” law.

Police said an officer was sent to Cicero's home around 9:45 p.m. Saturday after neighbors complained about a loud house party. Before the officer could get to the home, he came across an SUV parked on the side of the road with a cold cup of beer on the roof and three 18 year olds sitting inside with three more cups of beer, police said.

Police said the teens appeared to have been drinking and told the officer that they had taken the beer without permission from a party at 4 Old Country Road. When the officer went to the home, Cicero met him at the door and denied that any minors were drinking there, though the officer reported that several teenagers who appeared to have been drinking walked out while he was talking with Cicero, police said

Police said Cicero refused to let the officer in the house and said she would shut down the party.